Fence-post.



PATENTED MAR. J. SGHIDLER. PENGEEPOST. AAPPLIUATION FILED MAY 27.1903.

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Patented March s, 1904.

PATENT N'OFFICE.

Y JOHN soHEIDLER, 'or 'coLnwATna MICHIGAN.

` FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming` part of Letters Patent No.,753,923, dated March 8, 1904.

Application filed May 27, 1903. Serial No. 159,006. (No model.) u

To all whom it may/concern: 'i

' I Be it known that I, JOHN SCHEIDLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Coldwater, in the-county of Branch and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fence-Posts, yof which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to fence-posts, 'and esof Fig. 4. Fig. 3 is a detail view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional elevation, on an enlarged scale, of the lower portion of the post.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the base or ground section of my improved post,l composed, preferably, of cement or the like.` This base is provided at its lower-end with an enlargement or anchoring member 2 and at its upper end with a reduced portion 3, forming lateral shoulders 4, said reduced portion being vprovided upon each edge with a pair of longitudinally-disposed tongues or flanges 5, as shown more clearly in Fig. 2.

6 is a rod, bolt, or like member which eX- tends centrally and longitudinally of the basel section 1, being embedded therein during the processs of molding or casting the latter.

This rod terminates short of the lower end ofthe base-section and projects slightly beyond the upper end of the same, the lower end of the rod being provided with an angular an' at their lower ends upon the shoulders 4, with their inner sides `lying within a recess or groove 10, formed bythe tongues 5 upon the .preferably in the form'of ametal casting reduced portion of the base-section to prevent A lateral 'movement of the'parts relativelyV when mounted upon the upper end of rod 6 and-pro-v vided with a horizontal wall l2,I centrally perforated for the reception of the end of the rod, vertical end walls 13, and vertical side walls 14, which latter serve to,brace and strengthen the end and horizontal walls relatively. The

member 11 is movable longitudinally of the rod and is maintained in position thereon by means of an adjustable nut 15, which is in threaded engagement with the upper threaded portion 8 of the rod.

16 16 are secondary connecting members,

'preferably in the form of bolts, engaged at their inner ends, one with each ofthe end walls 13 of the primary member and extending horizontally therefrom through the respective standards 9, the bolts being provided vat their outer ends with nuts 17, which .bear

upon the outer faces of the standards. By this means the standards are lconnected one with the other adjacent to their lower ends and are also connected'to the base-section l,

the secondary members 16 being operable to f draw the lower ends of the standards toward each other and clamp them tightly against the adjacent faces of the base-section andthe primary member being operable to draw the standards downward relative to the base for seating their lower ends rmly upon the shoulders 4, as will be readily understood. The

standards 9 converge upward from their point of connection with the base-section and are connected at their upper similar member 18.

From the foregoing it will'be seen that I produce a post of great strength and durability of comparatively simple construction, in which the sections of the post are firmly and strongly connected, and I believe the construction as herein shown and described to be IOO ends by a tie-bolt or I do not limit myself to the precise details herein set forth, inasmuch as minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a fence-post, an artiicialstone basesection having a reduced upper portion forming shoulders, a longitudinal member embedded in the base and projecting beyond the upper end of the same, an upper section comprising a pair of standards seated at their lower ends upon the shoulders and receiving the reduced portion of the base-section between them, and means for connecting the post-sections comprising a primary connecting member adjustably mounted upon the upper end of the longitudinal member and seeondary connecting members associated with the primary member and engaging the respective standards. f

2. In a fence-post, an artiiicial-stone basesection having a reduced upper portion forming shoulders and provided upon each of its edges with a longitudinal recess, a longitudinally-disposed rod embedded in the base and projecting beyond the upper end of the same, an upper section comprising' a pair or' standards spaced at their lower ends to receive the reduced portion of the base between them, the lower ends of the standards being' seated upon the shoulders and within the recesses, and means for connecting the sections comprising' a primary connecting member mounted upon the upper end of the rod and secondary connecting members associated with the primary member and engaging the respective standards.

3. In a fence-post, an artiicial-stone base having a reduced upper portion forming sh oulders, a longitudinally-disposed rod embedded in the base and projecting beyond the upper end of the same, an upper section having its lower end seated over the reduced portion of the base and resting upon the shoulders, and means for `connecting the post-sections comprising a primary connecting member mounted upon the upper end of the rod and provided with secondary connecting members engaging the upper post-section.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence or' two witnesses.

.JOHN SCHEIDLER.

Witnesses:

INA A. BABBITT, B. S. SroFFoRD. 

